Lessons from the L.A. fires: Climate change is coming to New York City
New York’s heart broke for L.A. as our sister city burned. For those of us who had the ugly but fundamentally human thought ...
Can $400 Million Rescue New York’s Run-Down Capital City?
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed to earmark $400 million to revitalize the capital of New York, where poverty rates are high ...
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How the Theme Song From a Maligned Martin Scorsese Movie Became New York City’s Unofficial Anthem
Frank Sinatra’s rendition of “Theme From New York, New York” still raises spirits through challenging times and marks joyous ...
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New York fire: Terrifying video shows massive Manhattan blaze
Terrifying aerial video released by New York authorities shows a massive fire ripping through the Upper West Side ...
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Caspar David Friedrich: The shape of things to come
Apocalypse Then Did Caspar David Friedrich really see into the future? A speculative inquiry, by On the heels of major ...
Flooding could wipe out 19K NYC homes in next 15 years
New York City could lose more than 19,000 homes to flooding in the next 15 years, according to a report from the Regional ...
Light pollution is getting worse, but there is a movement to make our skies dark again
Light pollution is increasing globally, and having a negative impact on wildlife and humans. But the solutions are ...
Opinion
Commentary: Two Very Different Disasters, One Possible Lesson
A film director who survived both 9/11 in New York and the fires here in L.A. looks back on the similarities — and very real differences — between the two catastrophes, and what can be learned from ...
Watching the doom loop: Sydney Festival artists witness climate change, and imagine our post-apocalyptic future
Artists in this year’s Sydney Festival imagine exit strategies from a climate change doom loop – and dream of taking root in ...
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A Leaning Skyscraper Tells the Story of America
From the daily newsletter: reporting on a luxury-condo fiasco. Plus: John Cassidy on tariffs and trade wars; the ...
One Scene of Devastation, Evoking Another
Adam Nagourney, a former Los Angeles bureau chief, writes about the disasters that left scars on Los Angeles and New York ...
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The 20 best TV shows set in New York City
There’s something much more appealing about the conversations of a fraudulent lawyer and his accomplice when the setting is the New York City skyline at night. 10 of 20 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' ...